“The
truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride
it, but in the end; there it is.”—Winston Churchill

Where
I found truth, there found I my God, who is the truth itself.
—Augustine

Almost
anything is possible if one has the power to change the definition of
words. Take for example the word truth. Once upon a time truth had a clear
and concise meaning. Merriam-Webster's dictionary (M-WD) defines truth
as "the body of true statements and propositions. Truth is the 'state
of being the case.'" In other words, it is a fact. A fact is something
that actually exists, or an actual occurrence. M-WD defines In truth
as in accordance with facts. “Facts are stubborn things,”
said John Adams, “and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations,
or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and
evidence."

In our
post-modern culture a number of people have come to believe that there
is no absolute truth. For them all truth is relative. M-WD defines relativism
thusly: "A theory that knowledge is relative to the limited nature
of the mind and the conditions of knowing (b) a view that ethical truths
depend on the individuals and groups holding them." The relativist
will declare, "What's true for you is not true for me" also
"no one can know anything for sure." For the relativist there
is no universal moral truth, only what each individual perceives as truth.
We all have our own truth, they say, and it is intolerant to push our
views on others.

“In
passing, we should note this curious mark of our own age: the only absolute
allowed is the absolute insistence that there is no absolute.”
—Francis Schaeffer

Surprisingly
a growing number of self-professed Christians embrace the concept of moral
relativism even though doing one’s own thing is patently unbiblical.

"What
is truth?" Pontius Pilot asked Jesus prior to sending Him to the
cross. In this instance Jesus chose to remain silent, but on other occasions
He addressed the truth question head-on. For example, He stated “I
am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but
by me (John 14:6). Anyone who rejects Jesus Christ will not enter the
Kingdom of Heaven -- ever.

Truthful
means "telling or disposed to tell the truth." Truth defines
what a person believes in. It is not abstract, like a feeling or an idea.
Jesus declared, "Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth"
(John 17:17). “Your word” is the Bible, both Old and New Testaments.
Take the time to read it "and ye shall know the truth, and the truth
will make you free" (John 8:32).

Ask
yourself this question, professed Christian: If there is no absolute truth
as the moral relativist claims, then why did the Apostle John assert,
"For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came by
Jesus Christ" (John 1:17).

“Truth
is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing the matter with this, except
that it ain't so.”—Mark Twain

Liberal
ideologues redefine words to help advance a religious, political, environmental,
scientific or social agenda. Never mind that to do so is to pervert the
truth. Their motto is "The end justifies the means" or to be
more precise: Do whatever it is you must in order to get the result you
want, regardless of the methods used. “It does not matter whether
these methods are legal or illegal, fair or foul, kind or cruel, truth
or lies, democratic or dictatorial, good or evil.”

The
cults are infamous for perverting historically accepted biblical terms.
"Is it any wonder then," said the late Christian apologist/polemicist
Dr. Walter Martin (1928-1989) in The Riddle of Semantics, "that
orthodox Christians feel called upon to openly denounce such perversions
of clearly defined and historically accepted biblical terminology, and
claim that the cults have no rights — scholastically, biblically,
or linguistically — to redefine biblical terms as they do?"
(Source)

Oh that
more Christians would feel called upon to denounce the cultists that debase
the Christian faith.

Likewise,
politicians are infamous for taking a word and twisting its meaning. Even
a former president of the United States did some fancy word twisting when
he thought it would get him off the hook. You may recall how Bill Clinton
stunned the nation during the Monica Lewinsky probe when he stated under
oath:

If
the — if he — if 'is' means is and never has been, that is
not — that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely
true statement....Now, if someone had asked me on that day, are you having
any kind of sexual relations with Ms. Lewinsky, that is, asked me a question
in the present tense, I would have said no. And it would have been completely
true.

In an
age of moral relativism there's no virtue in honesty. In fact, being dishonest,
underhanded, unfaithful, unashamed and unrepentant is commonplace among
our elected officials – even worse, those who profess a belief in
Jesus Christ! It is a sad day when our Christian clergy and Church leadership
blatantly sin and exhibit no remorse and only repent when others compel
them to, like God doesn’t know that they really don’t mean
it.

“The
first reaction to truth is hatred.” —Tertullian

When
it comes to perverting the intended meaning of words, unscrupulous radical
“gay” activists are sharper than a twin blade saw. They know
all too well that if they're going to achieve the acceptance they yearn
for, they must manipulate words that are a stumbling block to their cause…which
is to make same-sex sex appear as normal as, well, normal heterosexual
sex.

For
example, homosexuals have fought to prohibit thought on the question of
whether or not sodomy is normal. Anyone who dares to take the position
that sodomy is unnatural is accused of spreading hate. Even our once free
press is no longer free to be critical of homosexuality for fear of the
Lavender Police coming down on them. Not surprisingly the “gay”
activists that are supposedly all about tolerance go mute when
the media smears a "gay" conservative or a Christian leader.

Before
radical homosexual activists went about stripping "normal" of
its original definition, it meant "occurring naturally." This
leads one to wonder: If a practice goes against nature, is it normal or
is it abnormal?

Common
sense dictates that man on man/woman on woman sex is not only abnormal
it is in fact a sexual perversion. The M-WD defines perversion as “an
aberrant sexual practice or interest especially when habitual." If
we can't trust M-WD for accurate word definitions, we're doomed!

So,
in order to mainstream homosexuality, "gays" and lesbians have
had to resort to perverting the meaning of words. And to avoid hurting
a homosexual person's feelings, a large number of people (including people
of faith) have all but waved the white flag of surrender.

The
reason I bring up homosexuality is not to attack "gays" and
lesbians, as I will certainly be accused of, but to show that liberals
have had a great deal of success in changing vocabulary and terminology
to normalize aberrant behavior. Two examples of what is coming down the
pike are: (1) Fanatical feminist fruitloops are pushing to change "prostitute"
to "sex-worker" so that prostitution will become an acceptable
industry; (2) Pathological perverts whose sexual preference is for prepubescent
boys and girls are pushing to replace the term “pedophilia”
with the softer sounding "intergenerational sex” so that their
sexual perversion will become a cultural norm.

“Truth
will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light.”
—George Washington

Moving
back to the cults, as I pointed out earlier, the cults are masterful manipulators
of words. Walter Martin understood this better than anyone:

If
the reader consults the Metaphysical Bible Dictionary, published by the
Unity School of Christianity, he will see the masterpiece of redefinition
for himself. For in this particular volume, Unity has redefined exhaustively
many of the cardinal terms of biblical theology, much as Mary Baker Eddy
did in her Glossary of Terms in the book Science and Health With Key to
the Scriptures. The reader will be positively amazed to find what has
happened to biblical history, the person of Adam, the concept of human
sin, spiritual depravity, and eternal judgment. One thing, however, will
emerge very clearly from this study: Unity may use the terminology of
the Bible, but by no stretch of the imagination can the redefinition be
equated with the thing itself. (Source)

To put
it bluntly, cultists lie. According to M-WD lying is “to make an
untrue statement with intent to deceive; 2: to create a false or misleading
impression.”

Change
agents intentionally create a false impression. And as I said, liberal
ideologues redefine words to help advance a religious, political, environmental,
scientific or social agenda and then they demonize anyone who disagree
with their views.

“The
truth, of course, is that a billion falsehoods told a billion times by
a billion people are still false.” —Travis Walton

Most
Americans have been asleep at the wheel while powerful far-left ideologues
work round the clock to create words in his or her own image. Before long
we'll all be echoing "One Nation Under Liberals!" However, for
the far-left to accomplish their desired goals they must first obliterate
truth. Dr. Martin warned of the dangers of perverting semantics:

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The
problem of semantics has always played an important part in human affairs,
for by its use or abuse, whichever the case may be, entire churches, thrones,
and governments have been erected, sustained, or overthrown. The late
George Orwell's stirring novel 1984, in which he points out that the redefinition
of common political terms can lead to slavery when it is allowed to pass
unchallenged by a lethargic populace, is a classic illustration of the
dangers of perverted semantics. It should be of no particular surprise
to any student of world history that trick terminology is a powerful propaganda
weapon. (Source)

The
lethargic populace seems not to realize what some sly devils are doing
to our language. And if by chance I am wrong and they are aware of what’s
going on then they seem not to understand the dangers of perverted semantics.
Either way they need to come out of their stupor and insist that words
mean what they were originally intended to mean.

Here’s
one last truth quote:

He
that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust
to God's providence to lead him aright. —Blaise Pascal

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Liberal ideologues
redefine words to help advance a religious, political, environmental,
scientific or social agenda. Never mind that to do so is to pervert the
truth. Their motto is "The end justifies the means" or to be
more precise: Do whatever it is you must in order to get the result you
want, regardless of the methods used.